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Sean Wilsey (born 1970) is the author of the memoir Oh the Glory of It All,[1] which was published by Penguin in 2005. He is the son of Al Wilsey, a San Francisco businessman, and Pat Montandon, a socialite and peace activist, and the stepson of socialite and philanthropist Dede Wilsey (Diane Dow Buchanan Traina Wilsey). He is married to writer Daphne Beal, a former editor at The New Yorker, and they have two children. He currently serves as editor at large for McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, and his newest book, State by State: A Panoramic View of America (co-authored with Matt Weiland) was released in September 2008.

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Average rating: 3.56 · 2,809 ratings · 528 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Oh the Glory of it All 3.50 avg rating — 2,026 ratings — published 2005 — 15 editions	My rating:
	State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America by Matt Weiland (Editor), Sean Wilsey (Editor), Myla Goldberg (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.74 avg rating — 603 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup by Matt Weiland (Editor), Sean Wilsey 3.74 avg rating — 190 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Out of the Book Volume 3: State by State by Films, Dave Weich, Doug Biro 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	My rating:

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“We are the bright new stars born of a screaming black hole, the nascent suns burst from the darkness, from the grasping void of space that folds and swallows -- a darkness that would devour anyone not as strong as we.”
― Sean Wilsey, Oh the Glory of it All

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